SAGINAW, MI — A good Samaritan chased down and secured the license plate number of a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run crash on South Michigan in Saginaw about 3:45 p.m. Thursday.

Scott K. Hall, 44, of Frankenmuth, while clutching a Jimmy John's submarine sandwich bag in one hand — a No. 9 Italian Night Club inside — tore down the yellow divider of South Hamilton in Old Saginaw City, his sights set on a burgundy pickup stopped at the stoplight at Court Street.

"I got his license plate number and beat on the side of his vehicle," said Hall, a contracted electrician who is working at Covenant HealthCare Harrison in Saginaw. "And boom, he takes off.

"He obviously didn't want to stick around."

He said he spoke to another female motorists who witnessed the crash moments earlier, as he turned around to walk back to the crash scene.

She said she was going to follow the vehicle.

"He's a frickin' hero," said Francine Malecki, 20, whose car was southbound on South Michigan in a construction zone when the pickup broad-sided hers at the intersection of Adams. "I was in too much shock to do anything."

View full sizeGus Burns | The Saginaw NewsFrancine Malecki, 20, of Saginaw was involved in a hit-and-run crash while driving her 2011 Ford Focus.

Malecki, on her way home from working as a cook at TGI Friday's restaurant in Saginaw Township, said the airbags on her passenger side deployed and she didn't get a good look at the vehicle. As it continued down Adams, she said she thought the driver was looking for a place to park but did not stop.

Malecki's leased 2011 Ford Focus, which she said is insured, sustained heavy damage to the passenger side.

"I heard this boom, but we never saw the truck," said Jason F. Kutchinski, an employee at Great Lakes Bay Insurance Company, located at the intersection of Adams and South Michigan. Then "he came walking back with the bag and said, 'I got the license plate.' "